On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clearly Olympus has decided not to play the FF game either. As for > Sony, remember that they are essentially Konica -Minolta with a lot more > money.
Oly is stuck with a lensmount that is incapable of using a much larger sensor, they'd have to develop an entirely new system to go to a bigger sensor. And while it looks like both Nikon and Leica are going to make that gamble, Oly likely isn't in a position to do so. > > I really don't known how a pro level camera would help Pentax's > reputation. It's not like we'd start to see a bunch of Pentax lenses at > sporting events. Wedding guys would be the best adverting. What format > do the wedding guys want? > > Steven Desjardins > Department of Chemistry Pentax doesn't need a full-on pro camera. They do need something above the K20D with performance comparable to an A700, 50D or E-3 at least (~5fps, fastish AF, etc) and preferably akin to the D300. Something like the 5DmII, A900 or D700 would be even better (and that's still not a full-on 'Pro' body). The K20D is an excellent body with a great sensor, but a lot of people need more than 3fps and pedestrian AF. And today they can get that for K20D money (D90 - 4.5fps, better AF than the K20D). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
